Two decades of waiting: Can anti-discrimination law take root in South Korea?

In 2007, the South Korean government introduced a bill to create the "first fundamental law to establish the constitutional principle of equality." It did not pass. In nearly two decades since, bills for a comprehensive anti-discrimination law have seen little legislative progress. While legislation remains stalled due to conservative resistance, the discriminatory practices such a law seeks to prevent have continued, exposing minorities — including the nearly 3 million foreign nationals in Kore

By The Korea Herald